by Mir | Apr 20, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People, The Year of Living Changerously
Houston, we have a marriage license. Tonight we’re poring over bible verses and restaurants and flower options, and although I heartily believe that love is patient and love is kind, I refuse to have 1st Corinthians read during our ceremony. Just because. I...
by Mir | Apr 20, 2007 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I live at Panera now. As I’m unable to complete my work at home with my COMCASTIC internet (non)service, I’ve decided to just throw in my lot with the baristas and sandwich-makers. It’s gotta beat spending one or two hours every day on the phone with...
by Mir | Apr 18, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I gave Chickadee one of these for her birthday today, and she promptly ran off and shot several feature films destined to be blockbusters. That’s because for the third day in a row, school continues to be underwater closed. Chickadee was kind enough to allow her...
by Mir | Apr 17, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Tonight I made two dozen cupcakes with PINK frosting, because it HAS to be PINK, and no, it could not be the convenient can of STRAWBERRY frosting, it needs to be BUTTERCREAM. Pink buttercream. With sprinkles. Flower-shaped sprinkles. The cupcakes in question are for...
by Mir | Apr 16, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Tonight the kids and I finished reading Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wind in the Door (the sequel to A Wrinkle in Time). In the final chapters, our protagonists are fighting Evil itself. The life of young Charles Wallace hangs in the balance, but so too does the...
